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Buffalo's Bastard Lord occupy the hazy intersection of psychedelic and doom metal, bringing a narcotic heaviness rooted in the stoner doom tradition of the Buffalo underground.
German heavy/power metal band from Cologne, active since 2005. They deliver commanding power metal with heavy metal foundations from the Rhineland.
A Colorado Springs death metal outfit, Bastard of Bethlehem has been active since 2021, building a two-piece foundation around members Lance and Dru.
Spanish symphonic black metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2020. They pair orchestral grandeur with black metal ferocity from the Catalan capital.
Lancashire sludge metal band active since 2008, self-described as the soundtrack to drowning in a swamp. Their catalog including albums Tarnation, Remains, and Ichor! Ichor! has earned them stages alongside Orange Goblin, Baroness, Kylesa, and Harvey Milk.
Austrian grindcore/death metal trio from Kirchberg an der Pielach featuring Engel Mayr on guitar and vocals, Jürgen Schallauer on bass, and Urge Kirchner on drums. Their releases "Scheiss auf dein Geld" and "Wer das Schlechte nicht ehrt" showcase German-language hardcore punk-infused grind and death metal.
Umeå death metal revivalists channeling the raw, buzzsaw-guitar sound of early Swedish death metal with punk urgency. Their output on Blood Harvest and Pulverised Records earned them a reputation as one of the finest acts in Sweden's old-school death metal revival.
Durham's Bastard Seed, originally performing as Dark August before a name change, released a pair of demos whose eight total songs were compiled and made available digitally via Bandcamp in 2018.
New Jersey act Bastard Skull plays a hard-charging blend of heavy and thrash metal out of Bayonne, active since 2022 in the tradition of classic crossover-era riffing.
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